NMB 18516 - Rio Tuquesa [Tuira Fm]: Tortonian, Panama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Monoplex parthenopeus
(von Salis Marschlins 1793)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea ringens
(Swainson 1822)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Panama | State/province: | Darien |
| Coordinates: | 8.5° North, 77.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | |||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63 - 7.246 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 11.2 to 8.3 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Lara | Formation: | Tuira | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Tuira Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Middle Miocene, in text; subsequent publications suggest late Miocene or early Pliocene age; Coates et al. (2004) suggests a Tortonian age (11.2-8.3 Ma). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not reported in text. LITHIFICATION: Unknown. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine fauna. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),surface (in situ),sieve,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NMB |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: NMB, Basel. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to gastropoda mentioned in text. Does not include other mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and including systematic revision of other neighboring Caribbean assemblages. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 136309 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-25 16:51:11 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-11-25 16:51:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30037. | A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |